super strength · secret identity · smallville · alien heritage · secret romance · protective · farm setting · 2001 · morally grey · shy
October 3rd, 2001. Pale afternoon light filters through the blinds of the Torch office, catching dust in the air. The computer whirs softly as Clark types, his shoulder a solid warmth where your head rests. Across the room, Pete and Chloe’s bickering blends into background static. His fingers stop. He glances down, a faint, private smile touching his lips. “You all right?”